University 15 opening delayed by water shortage
Chapel Hill, Sept 20. The University of North Carolina postpones opening from Sept 27 to Oct 4 due to the longest drought in Chapel Hill history. No rain since mid May. minor showers failed to revive crops. a water plant serves the college during peak load, but shortages remain severe. A plan to drop Thanksgiving recess to recoup time was decided.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Chase
Pr. H. E. Miller
State Health Department
Durham
Trinity College
Southgate Memorial
James H. Southgate
Trinity
W. P. Few
Oklahoma college completes home makers cottage with a borrowed baby
The Stillwater Oklahoma A and M home makers cottage ends its building phase by adopting David from the Oklahoma Children's Home. Six senior girls will care for him for six weeks at a stretch under the supervision of a matron and an experienced staff to study scientific child care.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A
M. Colege
David
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Negro attacker captured by dogs near Greenville
In Greenville South Carolina on September 20 a black man named Arthur Shumate allegedly attacked a white Princeton woman yesterday afternoon. He was chased and caught by hounds early today and is being held in jail amid precautions against potential violence.
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Greenville
8. C
Princeton
Arthur Shumate
Football Fatality in Elizabeth City
William Pritchard age 16 died at home in Elizabeth City North Carolina from football practice injuries suffered with the local high school squad yesterday. His neck was dislocated and he was paralyzed. he was the son of Mrs. Jennie Pritchard.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
William Pritchard
Jennie Pritchard
Pritchard
Iredell Man Dies After Assault
Robert Dishman age 46 died at 1:49 AM after being mortally wounded Sunday night by Bob Benson age 16 on Shipley Ford road six miles from Statesville. He suffered a fractured skull from a blow with a heavy weapon. Dishman is survived by his wife and five children. Authorities search for a missing Black man with bloodhounds used but no results. Police follow clues that the man fled toward Salisbury.
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Statesville
Robert Dishman
Sunday Nist
Bob Benson
Shipley-Ford
Benson
Dishman
Salisbury
Healthy Man Buried in Home Made Pine Box
Dr. D. W. Alderman of Alcola South Caroline, reputed wealthy, was buried at Wells Chapel near Alcola in a plain unornamented pine box per his own wish. The box came from Alderman’s mill and was built by a longtime carpenter after thirty years of service.
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Wilmington
D. W. Alderman
Alcola
Caroline
Wells Chapel
F. S. Highsmith
Alderman
Tax bill ready for the Senate
Washington dispatch reports the house tax bill as amended by the senate finance committee is being prepared for presentation when the Senate sits after a one month recess. Provisions include cutting the maximum income surtax from 65 to 32 percent and face strong opposition on the senate floor.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Penrose
Harding
House
Wars and Means
American Balloon Wins Big Race
The Belgica I, an American entrant, won the international balloon race from Brussels to North Wales. Pilot Ralph Upson cabled Aero Club of America with the news. The balloon traveled 420 miles in 27 12 hours.
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New York
Belgica I
Brussells
North Wales
Ralph Upson
Aero Club of America
St. Louis Balloon Entry Lands in Irish Sea
The City of St. Louis balloon team landed fifteen miles east of Dublin in the Irish Sea. Pilot Bernard Vin Hoffman and his aide, both of St. Louis, are reported safe by a cable from the pilot to his father.
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ST. Louis
Irish Sea
Dublin
Bernard Vin Hoffman
Threats Made on Life of Volstead at Minnesota Talk
Congressman A. J. Volstead told the Minnesota anti-saloon league convention that his life had been threatened on leaving Washington. He received anonymous letters warning he would never take his seat again in the house, part of ongoing protest against prohibition enforcement.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Anti-Saloon League
A. J. Volstead
Minnesota
Washington
Volstead
Barrett Calls For Labor Conference in Charlotte
Asheville Sept 20 James F Barrett president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor has called a conference of labor officials to meet in Charlotte Thursday to plan an aggressive campaign of organization
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Asheville
James F. Barrett
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Charlotte
Memphis Boiler Plant Fire Causes $100,000 Loss
Fire in North Memphis destroyed the Southern Boiler and Tank works plant and an adjoining warehouse. Several nearby buildings were damaged. total loss estimated at $100,000.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Boiler and Tank Works
British cabinet members to discuss unemployment in Scotland
Five members of the British cabinet are due in GAIRLACH Scotland tomorrow to address unemployment issues. Several London borough mayors have traveled north, and Premier Lloyd George is expected to discuss Irish negotiations with the minister.
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England
Gairlach
Scotland
London Burrough
Lloyd George
Belgians to Build Big Span Over Yellow River
Peking reports a Belgian firm won the contract to construct the great bridge on the Peking Hankow line across the Yellow River. The bid stood at 10.5 million dollars. Four American bids were submitted. The span will exceed four and a half miles in length.
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Peking
Yellow River
Peking-Hankow
Memorial tower for 33 State College men in war completed plan
State college Alumni Memorial committee awarded an $18 500 contract to Sargent and Company Mt Airy for the lower tower stone work part of an $80 000 memorial. The 115 foot tower in semi Romanesque with Gothic lines will feature a four faced clock and chimes linked to the campus signaling system. Cornerstone laid October 20 by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Masons.
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Raleigh
Alumni Memorial Committee of
State College
Mount Airy
Sargent and Company of
Mt. Airy
State College Alumni Association
Grand Lodge of
North Carolina Masons
Evelyn Nesbit Roots Burglar
Evelyn Nesbit, former Thaw wife and tea room owner in New York, foiled a burglary when she heard prowlers at 4 a.m. She shouted fire as three men fled the scene, another chauffeur arrived by taxi, and a police officer was assaulted before reserves secured the suspects.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Monkeys Roam Market Street Store In Late Night Riot
In Philadelphia two monkeys escaped in a Market Street animal store near Fourth Street. They opened cages and released birds as onlookers watched a 200 person crowd. Police could not stop the chaos as they waited for the owner in Moorestown, New Jersey, to respond. The disturbance ended when the animals tired of the scene and the crowd dispersed.
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Philadelphia
Market Street
Fourth
Moorestown
N. J
Railroad labor board rules railroads must reinstate workers
The U S railroad labor board in Chicago set a precedent that railroads cannot discharge employees without just cause. The Butler County line in Missouri must reinstate two men fired for union affiliation, acknowledging the decision conflicts with prior Supreme Court rulings but asserting a duty to decide justly regardless of legal rights.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Butler County
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Iits
Truth Telling Prevents Apoplexy in London Speech
Dr H S Langford a leading English psychologist at the British association session in Edinburgh urged truth telling to avoid high blood pressure. He said exhaustively that blood pressure rises when a person lies and the effect is stronger among women than men.
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London
H. S. Langford
British Association
Edinburgh
Langford
Reclaimed Lands as Aid to Jobless in U S Senate
The American Federation of Labor presses the Borah Bankhead reclamation bill to turn deserts and swamps into productive farms. It would allot reclaimed lands to war veterans with repayment after productivity, creating work for hundreds of thousands and spur new towns and factories.
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Washington
Congress
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Legislative Committee
The
American Killed in Mexican Oil Fields
Washington reports Carl R. Tabb an American employee of Mexican Petroleum shot and killed by Mexican soldiers in Tampico oil fields Sunday night. The consul at Tampico says the shooting is reported as accidental with no further details.
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Washington
Carl R .Tabb
Mexican Petroleum Company
Tampico
State Department
Lloyd George and Curzon Will Not Attend Washington Conference
London officials disclose that Prime Minister Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon will not attend the Washington conference on disarmament and Pacific problems citing pending developments and domestic politics. The decision follows a government review finished this afternoon.
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London
Lloyd George
Lord Curzon
Army Sales Near a Billion Dollars in War Surplus Sales
Since November 11, 1918 the war department has taken in 967 million dollars from surplus wartime sales. Original costs were over 1.6 billion, though many items had no recorded cost. The August 2026 sales show airplanes and autos sold at low prices, many items salvaged from worn or used stock. Auction sales occur near army posts and are open to bidders.
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Washington
War Department
Submarine R-27 in Distress. Navy Sends Aid Toward Cuba
Washington reports assistance ordered for the American submarine R-27 after a Sunday night distress signal while en route from Coco Solo to Guantanamo Bay. The commandant at Guantanamo was told to dispatch a tug. no serious trouble was evident from the signal.
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Washington
Coco Solo
Panama Canal Zone
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Navy Department
Department
Guantanamo Base
Booster Train Planned for Legion Convention
North Carolina chambers plan a booster train to Kansas City for the American Legion national convention on October 30 to November 1. Delegates will carry state trade literature to promote North Carolina in the west, with operation depending on attendee numbers. High Point is expected to be represented.
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North Carolina
Kansas City
National Convention of the American Legion
Chambers of Commerce
High Point
Donnell Elected Commissioner for Guilford County
Clerk of Court Mason W. Gant appointed D L Donnell of Oak Ridge to Guilford county board of commissioners succeeding the late W C Tucker. Donnell, a former state legislator, represents Oak Ridge which had been unrepresented for eight years. The board meets today to elect a chairman.
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Mason W. Gant
D. L. Donnell
Oak Ridge
Guilford County
Donnell
Guilford
Raleigh
Gant
Board of Commissioners
W. C. Tucker
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Modlin Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Modlin 39 wife of Robert L. Modlin died after several months illness. She was daughter of Calvin and Ada Cagle born in Randolph County and survived by five daughters Ornie Esther Hazel Jessie Beaulah Modlin two brothers A B and Snowden Cagle. Funeral set for Mitchells Grove Church tomorrow at 3 PM with interment in the church graveyard.
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Mary Elizabeth Modlin
Robert L. Modlin
Cotton market strengthens with futures opening higher
The cotton market opened firm in New York with deliveries trading above the October level and nearly two cents higher than last week's lows. Liverpool and private cables show active demand from shorts amid good stock demand as futures start the session with gains.
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New York
Liverpool
Federal probes to scrutinize Ku Klux Klan
Federal authorities plan a dual attack on the Ku Klux Klan with a Justice Department investigation and a congressional inquiry. William J. Burns says a probe will start once authorized, while lawmakers prepare resolutions to empower hearings and compel Klan leaders to testify.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Thorugh
Department of Justice
William Joseph Simmons
Emperor of the
Atlanta
Post Office Department
Teads
American Federation Labor
Burns
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Daugherty
Peter F. Tague
Massachusetts
Congress
Old Alabama to Be Used for Air Target Practice
Army air service will launch mining tests on the old battleship Alabama turned over to them by the army next Friday morning. Further tests will be held Saturday with night attacks scheduled the following Monday and Tuesday, according to Langley Field advices.
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Washington
Army Air Service
Alabama
Langley Field
Regrettable Error Noted in Enterprise Ledger
A regrettable error occurred in connection with an account of the moral service of Wi jie L. Under wood in The Enterprise of yesterday's date. The fault arose despite usual precautions against mistakes and typographical errors in publishing.
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Wi Jie L. Underwood
Tobacco Markets Open Across North Carolina Belt
North Carolina bright leaf markets in Henderson and Raleigh opened the 1921-22 season. Raleigh hosts tobacco for the first time in fifteen years with two new warehouses. About 125000 pounds on Raleigh floors, Henderson around 75000 pounds with prices around 23 cents.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Henderson
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